“Harvest Twins” is being featured in the group Falling Leaves: !http://images-0.redbubble.net/img/art/backingcolor:white/product:greet…
“Harvest Twins” is being featured in the group Falling Leaves: Harvest Twins Falling Leaves Group Thank you to Michelle Hitt, host of Falling Leaves for featuring Harvest Twins!!! Glenna
Wow! Murphy is a Super Star!!! We are just so excited and thrilled to be chosen for the December Avatar in the DOMESTIC CAT GROUP. Thank…
Wow! Murphy is a Super Star!!! We are just so excited and thrilled to be chosen for the December Avatar in the DOMESTIC CAT GROUP. Thank you so much, everyone who voted for little Murphy, for he is certainly the star and I am thankful that I had my camera handy when he was having his way with Santa’ cap. He always brings a smile to everyone’s face and I am happy to see his photo win. Thank you to everyone who voted for him. / Also, “Merry Christmas and a Joyous New Year” was voted for and won the Christmas card challenge in AMERICAS ~ RURAL, URBAN, WILD AND FREE – EXPRESSIONS OF ARTISTS. group. Thank you so much to the leaders of this group and to all who voted for this card. I am so very happy to see this card win!
I finally took the plunge and created my first Calendar on Redbubble. I hope you like it. I used the photos of my two sweet Ragalong Ra…
I finally took the plunge and created my first Calendar on Redbubble. I hope you like it. I used the photos of my two sweet Ragalong Ragdoll Cats. I have also put information from the breeder where we obtained our wonderful cats, in case any of you out there are interested in getting a cat from Ragalong Cattery, in Sooke, British Columbia. They have outstanding award-winning cats! I welcome all constructive comments that can help me with any future calendars I may try to create. Don’t be shy. Tell me what you think I can do to improve on my effort. Cheers, Carol & her cats!
I am so pleased to have finally won a challenge after faithfully entering so many over the past 10 months. Even my husband is thrilled b…
I am so pleased to have finally won a challenge after faithfully entering so many over the past 10 months. Even my husband is thrilled because he is one of the subjects in the photo. Thanks to all those who voted. Here is the my first challenge win photo: /
My Deepest Appreciation to all of the moderators who have featured my works. Seventeen features in two weeks time, some works featured in…
My Deepest Appreciation to all of the moderators who have featured my works. Seventeen features in two weeks time, some works featured in more than one group. I am so delighted for your kind words and that you find a particular value in my works and felt they were worthy of being in the spot light. I rarely post my features here in my journal for i do not wish to take up valuable space when so many of you are as talented and often even more talented than I am. I simply wanted to let you know how much I have appreciated your friendship and that you felt my work worthy of your recognition. / My kindest regards, / Marjorie / “My Secret Garden” / Always a special place to visit and return to each spring… or any season. Just seeing this image again inspires my imatination. / Featured in COTTAGE STYLE ~ 25 September 2009 / Featured in WELCOME TO WASHINGTON (the state) ~ 27 September 2009 / Featured in BEAUTIFUL ~ 6 October 2009 / “My Handsome little Murphy” / My little birthday boy… he just turned two years on 7 September. What joy he brings to my home. / Featured in PETS ARE US ~22 September 2009 / Featured in CATS AND DOGS ~ 25 September 2009 / “Makena Morning” / Featured in POLYNESIAN CONNECTION ~ 24 September 2009, before that group changed hosts, format and I was eliminated as a member. Thank you though, to the host who felt my work was worthy and posted me. I sincerely appreciate the recognition. / “Lavender Dreams” / A wonderful memory from that first time I visited the Lavender fields in Sequim. I will always remember the sweet fragrance that fill the air. / Featured in FASCINATING PURPLE ~ 25 September 2009 / Featured in WELCOME TO WASHINGTON 6 October 2009 / “My Lighthouse Mural” / My friend, Kathleen and I painted this mural on my wall in my dining room. I am so happy to have it featured by the current hosts of Impressionism Cafe. You girls ROCK!!! / Featured in IMPRESSIONISM CAFE ~ 25 September 2009 / “Goldengate Bridge in the Fog” / Featured in PACIFIC NORTHWEST ~ 26 September 2009, after I placed in a challenge in our group. I normally do not feature my own work, but now I thank dear Barbara, my co-host for featuring my work. / “Autumn Wheel Fence” / So memorable for this time of year. I captured this when I acquired my first digital camera several years ago and I was driving around the countryside out near Steamboat Island.. / Feature in OLD THINGS ~ 29 September 2009 / “Morning Girl” / My darling Maggie MacKenzie who is always ready to play and inspires me to grab my camera. This image was only up a few hours when she was featured. / Featured CATS AND DOGS ~ 2 October 2009 / “Kapitan” / My treasured very large Steiff Teddy Bear from Germany. He welcomes my guests when they come in my front door. His hand extended in welcome. / Featured DOLLS FROM AROUND THE WORLD ~3 October 2009 / “Surviving Against Adversity” / Featured in BITS AND PIECES ~ 4 October 2009 / This is my very first writing that has been featured. A story of the swallows who came to my house and decided to raise a little family here. One of the greatest highlights of my summer. / “Schoolhouse in LaConner, Washington” / Featured in NOSTALGIC ART AND PHOTOGRAPHY ~ 5 October 2009 / A memorable spring day captured to share with others. I recall this day as I strolled through the nursery that is adjacent to this picturesque old schoolhouse. / “Foal and Mare” / Featured in PETS ARE US ~ 6 october 2009. / The kind of bright and sunny springtime day that stops you in your tracks when you see a sight like this. The foals are young for such a short time and it was delightful to see and capture this tender scene as they grazed in the pasture. / “Blue Hydrangeas in a Patio Chair” / Featured in TABLES AND CHAIRS ~ 7 October 2009 / These Hydranges start out as a cream coloured flower, turning to pink, then blue as summer progresses. This is a memory of those blissful days in the heat of Summer..
Dearest friends; It was a little over one year ago when I entered my very first image here on Red Bubble. And what a year it has been….
Dearest friends; It was a little over one year ago when I entered my very first image here on Red Bubble. And what a year it has been. So many new and wonderful friends and nothing but the best of the best to view as I am totally addicted to coming here every single morning. What new and delicious viewings will I get to start my day with? You guys are better than my morning coffee. / What I want to share with you, my dear friends are the photos of mine that you have liked the best. Simply by the sheer numbers of views and favoritings. They have not been glamorous or exotic places, but simple views. The most popular by far was the one taken in the Lavender fields of Sequim, just a two hour drive from my home, the second was the beautiful cottage in Carmel-by-the-sea in California. Third was a beautiful Spring Garden in the Skagit Valley at Tulip time and the fourth was one of my most personal favorite images taken just a few minutes from my home, titled; My Secret Garden. Then that little old fashioned picket fence that captured the interest of so many… was it the simplicity? They were views that spoke to my heart and I am glad they spoke to you as well. Next came four images of my darling cats when they were kittens… they still continue to be favorites to this day. / I just wanted to thank you for this wonderful year of growth and encouragement. I have been rich in ways that cannot be taken to the bank, but in ways that count in my heart and that makes me richer by far. I have made some wonderful friends and found kindred spirits. I thank you so very much! :~)) Warm wishes to all, / Marjorie Come and sit among the Lavender / Dream Cottage in Carmel / Beautiful Spring Garden / My Secret Garden / Old Fashioned Picket Fence / Santa’s Helper / Bella and Murphy / Baby Savannah / She will win your heart /
Sexual predators are growing in numbers with the same pace as ‘Bratz’ doll sales, but is there a correlation between Western society’s ov…
Sexual predators are growing in numbers with the same pace as ‘Bratz’ doll sales, but is there a correlation between Western society’s over sexualisation of children, and the sex related issues flashing on our television screens? Moreover have we become enablers in sex crime? Lock up your daughters. Sophie Lane reports. Upon entering the pretty pink isle of an innocent children’s toy distributer, my eyes are met with those of plastic short-skirt-blonde-hair-big-busted dolls, I feel much the same as a man entering a brothel. The choices are endless, and as I hear the cries of “I want I want” a mere hundred metres away, I realise that the promotion of sex in society could never be more at reach to the hands of a five year old child. It would be wrong to blame ‘sexed-up sweet sixteen year old Sallys’ primarily on the iconic Barbie doll. Unfortunately, the toy section of your nearest department store is not the only sexually skewed platform in our fast paced culture. Maturation is running overdrive as Suri Cruise paces the streets of New York in platform heels. I find it hard to believe that it was five year old Suri’s idea to wear the infamous stiletto shoe, originally designed to accentuate the female figure’s breasts and buttox. With her noticeably small stature, chap stick lips and click clock heels, young Suri resembles that of her Ken’s spouse. Aside from looking doll-like, this mere toddler is an imitation of an adult, sexed up and ready for her next scientology meeting with parents Katie Holmes and Tom Cruise. Proud? In medieval and Renaissance Europe, it was common for children to be treated as little adults. There was no theory of childhood, and thus children were dressed, spoken to and treated with the expectations of adults. Apprenticeships began at an average of age ten, and girls were married at 15, consequently there was no ‘teen’ period. It is safe to say, that we as a society have progressed from such beliefs with the help of Psychologists such as Piaget. Currently, we supposedly treat children with care and nurture, knowing that their development is vital in attaining a successful life in adulthood. With the bombardments of sexualised advertisements in the media, and a boy becoming a father at 13 in the UK, it is debatable as to whether we are helping or harming the future leaders of our nation. As I watched my 14 year old brother walk a school girl to the bus stop, in my overheated P-plate car I smile at his innocence. I ask him who she was “Oh that’s just Chloe, she is easy, been there done that”. Sit back and take a 360 degree turn around, I cringe at his young corrupt mind. Now it becomes a realisation that it is not only celebrities and fame hungry foreigners who have become susceptible to the undoing of youth’s purity, it comes as close as the local High school. Are we creating our own demons? On a daily basis news reporters spit words of ‘rape’, ‘consent’, and ‘underage’ frivolously. In encouraging children to embrace a brush of blush, and download songs with lyrics haunting “damn yous a sexy bitch”, it is debatable as to whether we are encouraging the creepy paedophile behind the computer screen. The ones looking at children’s facebook profiles with ease and pleasure across the nation. With the click of a mouse a fifty year old male has access to your 15 year old’s photo album. It is true that we have become desensitised to the warnings against the danger of internet social networks, but when Facebook groups supporting rape and pledging against informed consent crop up (as shown in recent news headlines), the toxic mix of warning bells and school bells are hard to ignore. As Australians we ask ourselves why we have such a nation spread child porn industry. What is the appeal of children when there are enough raunchy 1800 hotlines to last a sexually skewed predator’s lifetime? But much like dressing mutton as lamb, we are dressing children as sexualised objects. Watch as underage clubs encourage dancing in cages, and Miley Cyrus strips off, posing naked for the camera. Leave children in the toy department and make your way to the erotic magazine isle. Childhood and sexualisation are separate entities, on separate levels. Once a kid has realised the hilarity of Barbie’s peroxide blonde hair and unachievable curves as a ridiculous aim, then perhaps they can take the escalator of maturation. Sophie Lane
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